Medical Equipment Location and Identification System
Summary
USPTO published patent application US20260112478A1, filed October 20, 2025, for systems and methods of identifying and locating medical equipment and supplies. The invention involves transforming clinical names of medical equipment and supplies into inventory names, transmitting those names to an inventory database, and identifying at least one location of the medical equipment or supplies. The publication is an administrative notice of a pending patent application with no immediate compliance obligations for healthcare providers or medical device manufacturers.
“Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying and locating medical equipment and/or supplies.”
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USPTO published patent application US20260112478A1, filed by Kimberly Haines on October 20, 2025 and published April 23, 2026. The patent covers systems and methods for identifying and locating medical equipment and supplies by transforming clinical names into standardized inventory names and querying an inventory database to identify equipment locations. CPC classifications G16H 40/20 and G16H 40/67 place this in the health informatics domain.
Healthcare providers and medical device manufacturers should be aware that this published application indicates competitive activity in medical equipment tracking and inventory management technology. While this publication does not create compliance obligations, entities developing or using similar equipment location systems may want to review their technology for potential patent considerations.
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND LOCATING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND/OR SUPPLIES
Application US20260112478A1 Kind: A1 Apr 23, 2026
Inventors
Kimberly Haines
Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for identifying and locating medical equipment and/or supplies. The methods can include transmitting a request for medical equipment and/or supplies, transforming one or more clinical names of the medical equipment and/or supplies to an inventory name, transmitting the inventory name to an inventory database, and identifying at least one location of the medical equipment and/or supplies.
CPC Classifications
G16H 40/20 G16H 40/67
Filing Date
2025-10-20
Application No.
19362737
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